[Sugar-devel] [Fwd: [PATCH] use the spanish verb "quitar" for unmounting devices]

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 20:07, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:
> This was also supposed to be posted on the list:
>
> --------- Mensaje reenviado --------
> De: Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>
> Para: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org>
> Cc: Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu at gmail.com>, devel at lists.sugarlabs.org,
> Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>
> Asunto: [PATCH] use the spanish verb "quitar" for unmounting devices
> Fecha: Sun, 16 May 2010 13:44:05 -0400
>
> In Sugar 0.88, the command for unmounting removable devices has been
> renamed from "Unmount" to "Remove", which is used throughout the GUI
> with several slightly different meanings.
>
> The common translation for "remove" was "eliminar", whose semantic
> meaning is "eliminate", thus inappropriate for the unmount operation.
>
> Other languages may not be so lucky. We may have to keep the string for
> unmounting devices distinct from the others, along with a TRNAS comment
> to warn translators about the context.
> ---
>  po/es.po |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/po/es.po b/po/es.po
> index 587608f..6702db6 100644
> --- a/po/es.po
> +++ b/po/es.po
> @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ msgstr "Transferencia a %r"
>
>  #: ../src/jarabe/frame/clipboardmenu.py:52 ../src/jarabe/view/palettes.py:218
>  msgid "Remove"
> -msgstr "Eliminar"
> +msgstr "Quitar"

"Retirar" would also work in Spanish from Spain, is slightly more
formal than "Quitar" but is also a bit more specific. I would say to
just ask around in your office and do whatever they tell you is best.

Regards,

Tomeu

>  #: ../src/jarabe/frame/clipboardmenu.py:57
>  #: ../src/jarabe/frame/clipboardmenu.py:80
> --
> 1.7.0.1
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